Archive for May, 2007

Idol Gives Back Over $60m »

As a follow-up to my post on “read The Dawn of The Social Age“, I’m happy to report that Idol Gives Back raised over $60 million for children in the US and Africa. Quick math tells me that that is $2 donated per viewer. Can you imagine what would happen if the SuperBowl and Academy […]

Hybrids Aren’t Just for Cars Anymore »

I attended an interesting panel discussion recently called “Thinking Outside the Box — New Corporate Structures, Tax Policy, and Public Policy for 21st-Century Social Enterprises”. I have a keen interest in social enterprise and teach a course at Harvard’s Kennedy School fo Government. In short, social enterprises combine the best of private initiative with […]